Cita-de-la Prerana

Nandita Puri is a former journalist known for her columns in the daily newspaper “Mid-day”. She has also written a collection of short stories titled “Nine-o-nine” which as released recently in the presence of Mr. Amitabh Bacchan who also recited a few lines of the novel. Nandita is also known as the better half of Mr. Om Puri, veteran Bollywood actor.

Adrian D'souza is a field hockey goalkeeper , who made is international debut for the Men's National Team in January 2004 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. D'Souza represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics.. Regarded as one of the most innovative and daring goal-keepers of recent times, Adrian bought the rushing technique to the hockey field. Adrian was the captain of the India Junior Hockey team, which participated in the Rabobank 2005 Junior Hockey World Cup (Under 21's).

Ujjwal Bannerjee is the human resources manager from Akansha, a non-profit organization that shelters and educates street kids. After completing his MBA from NITIE and working in the corporate sector for a while, he switched over towards the non-profit sector. Ujjwal was one of the eight nominees for the Lead India initiative of The Times of India, and has now been selected as Mumbai’s candidate for the campaign.

Hear them speak on 3rd November, 6.30 PM, NITIE lawsns as part of Cita-de-la-Prerana.